Napoleon Bonaparte
Military Leader, Emperor
"I may be accused or rashness, but not sluggishness."
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Accused
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Pythagoras
Philosopher, Mathematician
"It is requisite to defend those who are unjustly accused of having acted injuriously, but to praise those who excel in a certain good."
Huey Newton
Activist
"When I was in the penitentiary after being accused of killing a policeman, I was more in the system in the penitentiary than ever."
Jonathan King
Singer, Songwriter
"It's not fair that the accused is not protected from adverse publicity whilst the accuser is guaranteed anonymity, whatever the verdict."
Elie Wiesel
Writer, Holocaust Survivor
"This day I ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused."
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"I've... been accused of being involved with every man I'm ever seen with or worked with. Maybe I have, maybe I ain't. I never tell if I have."
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"I can only say I wish I had slept with everyone I am accused of."
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"I've often been accused of being the comic's comic. It's a bad business model when your fans are the people who get in free."
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"I can be accused of trying to be commercial sometimes."
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"One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet."
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"I'm accused of cleverness as if it were a sin. She is merely clever, they say."
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